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Notes - l2 - The Master Artist

1) The document provides context and notes for a story about Monsieur Signy I'Abbaye, a master artist who painted a portrait of Signor Bartoli in an unconventional Cubist style behind a curtain over six months. 2) It includes vocabulary words from the story, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences. It also answers comprehension questions about details from the story, such as why the portrait took so long and Bartoli's reaction. 3) The document analyzes how the story builds suspense until revealing I'Abbaye's surprising artistic style, and considers why the author felt I'Abbaye was born too early given his innovative approach.

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Notes - l2 - The Master Artist

1) The document provides context and notes for a story about Monsieur Signy I'Abbaye, a master artist who painted a portrait of Signor Bartoli in an unconventional Cubist style behind a curtain over six months. 2) It includes vocabulary words from the story, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences. It also answers comprehension questions about details from the story, such as why the portrait took so long and Bartoli's reaction. 3) The document analyzes how the story builds suspense until revealing I'Abbaye's surprising artistic style, and considers why the author felt I'Abbaye was born too early given his innovative approach.

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PALLAVI MODEL SCHOOL ,ALWAL

Unit 2: The Master Artist(Notes )

Class: VII
Subject: English
I) Author’s introduction

 (July 12, 1871 – January an American educator, writer


20, 1961) and advocate for children's
libraries.

Librarian, book She has also illustrated


reviewer, lecturer, Anne Carol Moore stories for children.
writer 1918–1941

II)New words:
1.Signyl’Abbaye HOME WORK HOMEWORK
2.GuilianoBartoli
3.Monsieur
4.apprentice
5.endeavour
6.swooshing
7. privacy
8. techniques
9. frustration
10. restraints

III). Write the meaning, synonyms, antonyms and make a sentence


for the following words.
1. contract (noun): a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
Synonyms: bond, deal, surety, guaranty
Antonyms: disagreement, refusal, denial, break
sentence: Manoj and Varun had a contract about their new business.

2. gazed(verb): to looked long and hard in wonder or surprise


Synonyms: stare, glare, observe, watch
Antonyms: glance, glimpse, peep, browse
sentence: Meenakshi gazed out the window at the snow.

3.. restraint (noun): control over the expression of one’s emotions or thoughts
Synonyms: self - control, discipline, reserve
Antonyms: incitement, abandon, forwardness
Make sentence: Meena was a model of restraint.

4. masterpiece(noun): a work done with extraordinary skill


Synonyms: classic, blockbuster, success
Antonyms: bomb, disaster, failure
sentence: Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali is a masterpiece .

5. fortunate (adjective): receiving some unexpected good.


Synonyms: lucky, happy, blessed
Antonyms: luckless, unhappy, unlucky
sentence: Rahul is fortunate to have a wonderful family.

6. swoosh(verb): move with a rushing sound


Synonyms: gush, pour, rush, jet
Antonyms: drip, drop, trickle
Make sentence: The ball swooshed over Sanjays’s head.

IV). Answer these questions.


Q.1). “You need not even pose, because my memory’s excellent.” Do you think
there was another reason, other than that he had a good memory, why l’Abbayetold
Bartoli that he did not have to pose for him?

Ans1): Yes there was another reason why l’Abbaye told Bartoli that he did not
have to pose for him. l’Abbaye had planned to finally paint the way he had always
wanted to, but had never had got the chance to. He did not want Bartoli to see how
he was painting the portrait, as it was going to be in a new and different style.

Q.2. Why according to l’Abbaye, was painting taking so long?

Ans: Accoding to l’Abbaye, The painting was taking so long because his teacher
Ambrogio Lorenzetti had taught him how to grind pigment and lay plaster slowly
and quickly, and had thought him not to hurry. He also said that the painting was
going to be a buonfesco, which needed four coats of lime plaster and was time-
consuming work.

Q.3. How long did the masterpiece take? Do you know why?

Ans3: The masterpiece took six months to finish. It took so long not only because
it was twenty foot tall buonfesco which needed four coats of lime plaster, but also
because l’Abbaye had fussed over it for a long time.

Q4. GuilianoBartoli stood for a mintute. How was Bartoli feeling at this point?
How did he express his feelings?

Ans4: At this point, Bartoli was astonished. He also felt furious and disappointed.
His mouth fell open, eyes turned red and eyebrows twisted as if he was under a
spell. He grabbed a few hairs on his head, did a little hop and twitch.

Q5. “ You’re not an artist – maybe a thief or A madman” Why did Bartoli look at
the picture and feel that l’Abbye was not an artist? Why did he call him a thief or a
madman instead of any other name?

Ans5: When Bartoli looked at the picture, He felt that l’Abbye had painted the
portrait in a completely different style from what was popular at that time. Bartoli
could not appreciate the style at all. He called him a thief because he thought
l’Abbye was trying to take money without painting a proper portrait. He called him
a madman because his style was so different from what Bartoli was used to that he
could not understand why l’Abbye had painted that way.

V) Appreciating the Text


Q.1) How does the story feature suspense ? Does the suspense end with
the feeling of shock ,relief or amusement ? Explain.
Ans)This story features suspense as we have to wait to find out, like Bartoli, why
l’Abbaye does not wish his work in progress to be seen. We do not know how he
was painting the portrait—what it looks like—till the very end. Like Bartoli, we
feel curious and impatient to know more about the hidden portrait. At the end,
when we understand what happened and why, we feel surprised and amused. We
cannot guess that l’Abbaye would paint in such an unusual style, so the revelation
would come as a surprise. It would also be amusing because of how Bartoli reacts
to the portrait. We may also feel impressed to realise how much ahead of his time
l’Abbaye was.

VI). Reference to the context


Q.1)“That’s fine. You needed only to request it.” And he pulled aside the
twenty-foot-tall curtain.

a. Who speaks the above line and to whom?

Answer a). The above line is spoken by Monsieur I’Abbaye to Signor Bartoli.

b. Why did he say that the person had only to request?

Answer b). Signor Bartoli was impatient and frustrated and his tone was rude.

c. What was the demand of the person?

Answer c). Signor Bartoli wanted to see his portrait made by the artist Monsieur
I’Abbaye and he had waited too long for it.

d. What was behind the twenty-foot-tall curtain?

Answer d). Monsieur l'Abbaye had been working on the portrait of Signor Bartoli
behind the curtain for months.

VII)Think and answer

Q.1)Why do you think the author feels Monsieur Signy I’Abbaye had born five
hundred years too early?

Ans)Monsieur l'Abbaye was a great artist who did not have the freedom to paint in
the style of his choice. The style he wanted to work on became famous in the early
twentieth century. Monsieur Signy I’ Abbaye had discovered that five centuries
earlier. But at that time he never received any recognition for that style of art.

Q.2)Why did Signor Bartoli agree to l'Abbaye’s demands?

Ans)Signor Bartoli, a rich Italian patron was very keen to have his portrait on the
wall of his dining hall. Although he felt that Monsieur l'Abbaye’s demands were
very strange, he wanted to get his portrait done only by him because he was an
artist of great repute and Bartoli was confident that l'Abbaye would produce a
masterpiece.

Q.3)In what way did Monsieur I'Abbaye test Signor Bartoli’s patience? Was he
satisfied with the outcome in the end?

Ans) Bartoli had hired Monsieur I'Abbaye to make his portrait on the wall of his
dining hall where everyone could see it. Monsieur I'Abbaye on the other hand
wanted to make use of that opportunity to give wings to his artistic imagination
and wanted to paint the portrait in absolute secrecy. Weeks and months passed but
l'Abbaye was not ready to show the painting. He would keep talking about
different things which did not interest Bartoli. All he wanted was to see his
portrait. Finally, frustrated with the delay, when Bartoli forced l'Abbaye to show
his painting, he was shocked and angered as he could not tolerate l'Abbaye Cubist
expression on the portrait.

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